Social warming : the dangerous and polarising effects of social media
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references.

"Facebook didn’t mean to facilitate a genocide. Twitter didn’t want to be used to harass women. YouTube never planned to radicalize young men. But with billions of users, these platforms need only tweak their algorithms to generate more ‘engagement’. In so doing, they bring unrest to previously settled communities and erode our relationships. Social warming has happened gradually – as a by-product of our preposterously convenient digital existence. But the gradual deterioration of our attitudes and behavior on- and offline – this vicious cycle of anger and outrage – is real. And it can be corrected. Here’s how."--Back cover.